The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-16

| 10 Cuubl~SfhDlct MAKING DOOkChbt
desks, sets Of drawers, cabinets and I
on. He hired an expert TO teach hi
how to dovetail, make close joints, an
do everything in q workmanlike mai
ner, and now he can turn out as mic
work as anybody. Black walnu
shellac and vsrnish have stained b
hands, and he is rather proud OF thei
appearance. "Must do sometbing,
be says. "When man has an incom
sufficient for all his wants his creates
problem is TO kill time. There ar
Two ordinary ways open to him: II
can go into society and dswdle around
but after the dancing age he soon got
tired OF that; or he can sit 10 his roor
and read books, but, unless he pursue
some study for a purpose, that be
comes mooOtonous. A man ought Il
do something with his hands a part o
the time. For idle fellows work is
real recreation Some men take vi
one thing and some another. chose
cabinet making because | like to han
die tools. Lots OF men are settlinj
down this way nowadays. Ten year
ago the proper thing was to 90 around
spend money, aud be one OF the boys
but that is played out. You don't sci
sensible men standing up to bar anC
opening champagne the way they
ust d to. See a fellow setting up wine
in hotel bsrroom now, and you
don't ssy that man must have loadt
OF money; no, cir, you surmise al
Onna that ha Il IN A ArnnE anJ arayd
ing his last few hundreds. The mil.
lionaire1 have made all that sort Of
thing look small, and a man without
millions is Of no consequence as a
swell any more"
CURIOUS DEVICES
ara practical by fashionable women in
o der TO Whittls an sssemblage down
to the limits OF their residences. Rec
ognized society" in New York iu-
cludes mora people than the biggest
mausion will accommodate. But il is
dangerous to pick and choose in send.
ing out invitations. So it becomes
necessary to fix arbitrary lists. For
Instance Mrs. Arthur Dodge gave this
week bail to those only who were
but had not been welded
more than ten years. la that way she
gathered a company of II hundred hus.
bands and WIVES. No maid or widow
was invited. Mrs. Orme Wilson, an
Astor daughter, il only five fact in
hight, and her cards are out for a party
to which only women as short az ehe
ara eligible. Petty soon We shall
have red haired eJeptione, blue eyed
dinners and pug nOsgd soirees. But /
warn experimenters that the project
OF an occasion with feet all numb Or
fves or larger would be failure.
THE FIFTH AVENUE PEOPLE
do indeed have heap of trouble with
intrusive ordinary folks. A while ago
ONE of the millionairss subscribed 10
he stock OF a new line OF stages.
Bang-tstled EOgiish horses were i'm.
ported for the service, coaches of lux.
lrious shape were built and the route
Was laid through the famous thor
'ughfare only, without trying to con-
acct with anyIof the places OF the
rabble. No money prof was
and the losses have been
,prne without complaint, but the
Ffth avenoodles are disguised in.
ensely by the fact that outsiders take
ides in these vehicles for diversion.
'ossibly some scheme OF exclusion
nay be devised, but in the meantime
he wives and daughters of wealth are
ompelled to sit alongside shop girls
nd no account creatures generally.
5ut the directors have stopped the
unning OF the stages on SUNDAYS,
Vhen the swslls vii 1ot use them and
vhen the sight seekers would crowd
hem.
gay GOULD,
nth all his millions, said one of New
,Ork's most successful business men,
cannot buy what he m st desires
lie would almost give 90 per cent. of |
Is fortune for social recognition in |
ertain circles and fellowship with the |
eat business men of the city. 1t |
mt a question of family or ancestors,
nd obviously 1t is not a question OF |
loney. Up the river at Irvtngton
lere is quite settlement OF million
Tres, all active men Of affairs, who |
tend regu arly to business ia the
ty. They are socabls lot Of old |
oys, and like to chat together on the
ay to and from the city. Ten of
lem combined, at suggestion of one
| the colony, and made arrangements
nth the Hudson River railroad for
peclal drawing room car on the regu-
'r ira II, 81 that they could bs sure of
sving seats together every day aud
. free to talk to each other. Each
aid his share OF the expense and was
ntltled to n celtlin number Of seats
n himself aud memb rs of his family,
nj altogether 1t was very nice,
,ciaole arrangement. They had a
lach, too, at lrvington to take them
om the depoJ TO their homes. When
ny Gould bought the Merritt place at
he thought it would be
easant to jim his neighbors in tie
'ecial car scheme. Accordingly he
lade a proposition to chip ia and
ny a section OF the Wagner car.
lis name was put before the
N pu ines men, one MORN
g, and somebody relieved the
'ident constraint Of the party by
lgUesting that the proper thing was
vote upon the proposition in the
ms way as members of clubs are
'ted Tor. The hat was passed, and
~ Gould was blaokballed. IL is not
Pcessary to say whether or not the
'te was unanim aus, but he was re-
lSed ADM sion to the special car.
r: Gould is not boor in msnners,
Id he is fairly educated, and Ger.
inly intelligent. But those business
en- have certain ideas about ways of
aking money, and they do not in. (
'rse the methods by which Jay
ould has occurred his wealth. They
ould not receive as an equal a three
nd monte dealer, ard in their ewes
me forms OF stock operations are no !
liter than thimble rigging. Mr..
ould has an expensive steam Yacht ,
take him to and from Irviugton Ia ;
miner, and no doubt solaces himself
It'll the satisfaction of making a
gger show than his neigh6ofs. But
rhaps he would give the Atlanta
seat in that special car.